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Nearly a quarter million Floridians are being warned to avoid washing their face with tap water after a man died from a brain-eating amoeba in February. The advice, which applies to the nearly 200,000 ...

(WJW) – A Texas woman has died after contracting a rare infection from a brain-eating amoeba while using tap water to clear out her sinuses at an RV campground, according to a recent report. The ...

A 71-year-old woman reportedly contracted a brain infection from using tap water — and died from it. Regardless of whether tap water is safe to consume where you live, experts advise against letting ...

Cases are very, very rare, but are almost always deadly.